The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-24
WHERE GRANT DIED.
The Cottage on Mount McGregOr Where
He Breathed His Last.

He Breathed His Last.
There is no diminution of interest in
Mt. McGregor. Trains 90 up the
mountain mornings and afternoons.
Visitors have two hours at the Balmoral
Hotel if they wish to return to their
dinner in Saratoga, or to supper in the
evening. Those who wish to spend the
entire day find enough to interest them,
and can leave on the six O'Clock train.
reaching Saratoga in forty minutes. OF
course the Drexel cottage, where Gen
eral Grant died, is the first place visited
by tourists. A guide has charge of the
house, and shows visitors through the
rooms on the first floor. The bed on
which General Grant died stands in q
corner of the long parlor. 1t is a bed
stead made for the sick, and has no
superf1uity of woodwork, but is per-
fectly plain. A fancy Counterpart
covers the mattress. In smaller room
extending from the parlor are the faded
wreaths and floral designs sent after
the General died, and left when the re-
mains were taken to New York. THE
Gates Affair."" made of immortelles, and
sent by Governor and Mrs. Leland Stan
ford, of California, is perhaps the largest
design ever made of immortelles. The
gates are the size of those used
in gardens, and there are palings
and a groundwork for all to rest
upon. This and huge pillow, the
size of flower bed, also made
of immorteles, are in perfect state of
preservation. The cushion was sent
by a Grand Army post. There are other
floral designs on the table. The quill
pen used by General Grant when
finishing the last pages of the second
| volume of his book is stuck on the
mantle-piece in the parlor. In the
library are two very large chairs
covered with morocco and draped with
black; these chairs are placed 50 as to
face each other, and served as bed
for the General at his house in New
York. He lay on them on his journey
to Mt McGregor, and used them unit
he was confined to his bed. Con
venient to these chairs stand table
with his writing implements and {
white china cup and spittoon which he
used, also an ordinary japanese far
which he used when he suffered from
heat. The fan possesses interest be
cause it was made for him, and has the
japanese and American flags and the
Generals name. The Mikado had thi!
made and presented to General Gran
when he visited Japan. The fan is o
the common style which sells for tel
cents. In cabinet with glass door.
is part of General Grants wardrobe
About six nicely laundered shirts, witl
collars and cuffs, are in a pile; his ha
with pair of gloves, and n summe
suit of clothes, are all looked at will
commendable interest and reverence
All visitors are invited to an adjoinin!
room. where photographs of the Gran
family as a group, single pictures o
the interior and exterior of the cottage
small albums of compressed flower
collected on the mountains, with tn
common and botanical names, are al
sold, and the money thus obtained i
used to defray the expenses of taking
care of the cottage. There are eX
tended landscape views both on tn
trip to Mt. McGregor and after arriv
ing there Valleys spread out on boil
sides, bounded by ranges of mountains
Saratoga Letter.